Handle for toilet articles



No. 623,673, Patented my Il, |899.

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AHAN'DLE FR TOILET ARTICLES.

(Application filed May 27, 1899,)

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UNITED STATES PATENTY OFFICE.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM SCHIMPER rh CO., OE I'IOBOKEN, NEWr JERSEY.

HANDLE FOR TOILET ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,673, dated July 1 1, 1899.

Y Application tied May 27,1899. serrare. 718,432.v (Nomerie.)

T0 all whom t ntcty concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUsoH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson andl State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Handles for Toilet Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in handles for toilet articles-such, for example, as mirrors, brushes, and the like-which will be very strong and in which the use of solder for securing the several parts together is entirely obviated.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a face view of a handmirror with my improved handle applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section in the plane of the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 4 4 of Eig. l.

A designates the mirror, which in the present instance is represented as having a circular periphery.

B represents 'a suitable back of the same size as the m-irror, which back may be made of porcelain or other suitable material.

The hollow hand portion of the handle con# sists of two sections C U, which are provided with beaded edges o c', one of which edges is adapted to overlap the other edge, as shown.

An open metallic band I) embraces the peripheral edges of the mirror A and back B,

and the projecting branches d CZ of the said metallic band are extended into the interior of the hand portion of the handle. The ends of the branches d d' are rigidly secured together by means of a connecting-block d2, having its opposite sides riveted to the said ends.

A strengthening-plate E extends from the top of the open metallic band D between the.

mirror A and the back B into the interior of the hand portion of the handle a considerable distance, as shown at e. This plateE may be made considerably broader along that por tion which is located between the mirror and back than that portion which is located within the hand portion of the handle. The exten sion e of the plate snugly fits between the branches d d of the band D.

Sheets of filling material F F'-such, for example, as cardboard-may be inserted between the opposite edges of the plate E and the band D.

The two sections C C', which form the hand portion of the handle, are permanently secured together near the open end of the hand portion by means of rivets o2 c3, which pass through the overlapping edges of the two sections.

The parts are held in their assembled adj ustinent, and the lower ends of the sections C C' of the hand portion of the handle are held together by means of a screw G, which passes through an opening formed in the overlapping edges of the sections C C and has a screw-threaded engagement with the block cl2, which secures the ends of the branches d d of the band together.

By the use of the strengthening-plate E, I am enabled to materially strengthen the article to which the handle is to be applied and prevent it from bending or breaking at the point of its attachment to the hand portion of the handle. the ends of the branches d d' I am enabled to do away with the use of solder at this point, and instead of soldering the two meeting edges of the hand portion of the handle together, as has hitherto been common, I ain enabled to iirmlysecure them together without the use of solder by causing their meeting edges to overlap and utilizing the rivets c2 c3 and the assembling-screw G, all of which pass through the said overlapping edges.

lVhile I have shown my handle in use inl By riveting the block d2 to connection with a mirror, it is understoodof my invention. Hence I do not Wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim isl. A handle for toilet articles comprising a hollow hand portion, an open metallic band for embracing the article having its branches extended into the interior of the hand pori tion and provided With a nut, a strengthening plate extendingacross the band and into the hand portion and a screw extending through the end of the handle into engagement With the nut for drawing the branches of the said open metallic band snugly into contactn with the interior of the open end of the handle and at the same time into snug contact with the opposite edges of the strengtheningplate, substantially as set forth.

E2. A handle for toilet articles comprising a hollow hand portion consisting of two sections having overlapping edges, an open metallic band for embracing the article having` its branches extendedinto the interior of the hand portion, a block connecting the ends of the'said branches, a screwpassng throughl the overlapping edges at the closed end of the hand portion into engagement with said block and rivets passing through the over`nr lapping edges of the sections near the open end of the hand portion, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as lnyinvention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 26th day of May 1899.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCH. 

